It is a preliminary assessment of the Rep Health AB-5000 ‘Zero-Hole’ Adjustable Bench. This can be very thorough and may reply most questions, however it’s not full.
The rationale I don’t take into account this assessment full is as a result of I simply haven’t had the bench for very lengthy. Every week simply isn’t sufficient time with a product to jot down a whole, complete, and trustworthy assessment. That having been stated, curiosity ranges across the AB-5000 have been simply too excessive. I’ve had sooo many questions so this assessment positively wanted to be fast-tracked.
Once more, that is type of a “first impressions” assessment. It’s thorough; all issues thought-about; nevertheless it’s not the ultimate phrase. I will likely be updating this text as I proceed to make use of the bench. I encourage anybody with questions to make use of the feedback part beneath to ask these questions.
Rep Health AB-5000 Specs
The AB-5000 is a completely purposeful flat/incline/decline bench. It’s loaded with options; one in every of which could be very distinctive; and sells for an quantity that presently can’t be touched by every other producer. It’s not solely an amazing storage health club possibility, it will do very effectively in a business facility as effectively. As you’ll see, it’s simply that rattling beefy.
- 11-gauge metal body with a 1000 lb+ weight capability
- 7 again pad changes with laser-cut place markings (0º, 15º, 30º, 45º, 60º, 75º, 90º)
- 5-seat pad changes with laser-cut place markings (-15, 0º, 15º, 30º, 45º)
- sliding seat eliminates the hole between the seat and the pad in all positions
- wheels and deal with for straightforward mobility across the health club
- accessible in 4 body colours (blue, black, purple, silver)
- non-compulsory leg attachment ($89) converts all incline positions into decline positions
- retail value of $499
For reference and comparability functions I’ve included some random measurements that I’ll absolutely be requested about as effectively.
- again pad dimensions: 12″ broad x 38″ (rectangular)
- seat dimensions: 12″ broad x 15″ tapering down to eight″ broad (trapezoid)
- complete size of pads when flush and flat: ~53″
- rear foot width: 20.5″
- entrance foot width: 12.5″
- distance from flooring to prime of pad when flat: 18″
- distance your butt is from the ground when bench set at 45º/45º: 21″
- distance your butt is from the ground when bench set at 15º/75º: 19″
- seat sliding distance: 0-6″ (made up of 8 settings approx ¾” aside)
- complete weight (with out foot rollers): 117 kilos
Rep Health AB-5000 Assessment – The Sliding Seat
What makes the AB-5000 such a singular bench is the sliding seat function, and it’s precisely what it feels like – a seat on rails that may be slid forwards and backwards for the only real objective of eliminating gaps between the again pad and the seat. It’s a reasonably ingenious resolution to that age-old challenge of adjustable benches making shitty utility benches due to the large 2-3″ hole created by each pads being lowered to their 0º place.
With 8 completely different lateral seat positions every about ¾” aside, the seat can journey a distance of 6″. This lets you actually wonderful tune the texture of the bench in each attainable place, each flat and the varied incline positions. So whether or not you might be doing decline flyes at -15º, incline presses at 30º-45º, navy presses at 75º, or Lord is aware of what at a full 90º, the bench will be set to have as zero hole.
Making these sliding changes is simple; merely flip and pull the selector pin and slide the seat to the place ever you need it, then merely re-tighten. It actually takes seconds.
I’ve discovered that the simplest method to get the right positions is to slip the seat away from the bench, alter to again pad to the place you need it, alter the seat (angle) to the place you need it, then slide the seat up towards the again pad. Voilà!
The one disadvantage to this sliding seat mechanism is that it usually requires you do alter each the seat angle and lateral place each time you make modifications to the again pad angle. It provides a couple of seconds to your changes however I feel the truth that this bench can utterly eradicate the necessity for a second utility bench makes it a worthwhile chore.
Rep Health AB-5000 Assessment – The Pads
The again pad is rectangular with no taper and measures 12″ broad x 38″ whereas the seat pad is extra of a trapezoid measuring 15″ and tapering down from 12″ broad to eight″ broad. Collectively the overall size of the pads is about 53″. It is a lot of floor space to work with, that means the AB-5000 won’t ever be too quick. Even higher, for navy and shoulder urgent there’s a actually good likelihood that your head can have help.
The AB-5000 has very dense padding within the seat and the again pad; very paying homage to the Rogue Utility Bench 2.0. It feels agency, semi-comfortable, and offers a really secure platform for urgent. The firmness will take some getting used to in case you’re used to a less expensive, softer pad, nevertheless it’s price it just because it’s higher. Zero complains concerning the really feel or the density.
The vinyl protecting can also be of a top quality. It’s not the grippy vinyl like what you see on the 2 FB-5000 pads, however it’s nonetheless textured and isn’t slick. Remember the fact that in all positions however one (flat) you might be held in place both by the seat or by the foot rollers, so in a method grippy vinyl isn’t truly essential (although I’d nonetheless have been pleased to see it.)
Total I feel the standard of the pads is effectively above common, and I see no apparent indicators that they received’t final for a really very long time. Even the stitching seems actually good. After all, I’ll control the bench for pad/vinyl put on.
Rep Health AB-5000 Assessment – Professionals and Cons
Professionals
- Rep minimize zero corners with the metal used within the AB-5000. The body is the usual 11-gauge, however the base plates and the crescent-shaped adjustment arms are constructed of extremely thick metal. This bench will certainly deal with the load, and it’ll final.
- The AB-5000 is an extremely secure bench. The broad stance of the rear footing and the T-shaped entrance foot eliminates loads of the rocking and the wobbling that you just expertise on incline benches which have only a single, small foot plate within the entrance. That is very true when in a full upright place and all of your weight is on that entrance foot.
- The rubber ft are the nicest that I’ve seen on any bench – flat, incline or in any other case. They’re bigger than common, textured, and so they sit flat and don’t slide. A really good selection on the rubber ft.
- The urethane-coated deal with and the wheels with squared off protectors are at all times good to have on a bench this massive and heavy.
- The chrome steel put on guards with the laser-cut angle numbers are a very nice contact to the pad and seat adjustment mechanisms. It not solely seems tremendous stylish, nevertheless it ought to add to the longevity of those components.
- The padding is tremendous dense and the vinyl is textured and of a top quality. I believe the pads will final for a very long time.
- Relating to the padding, each the seat and the again pad are supported by an extreme quantity of metal. The seat has an over-sized help plate, and the again pad has three (versus the usual two) metal helps.
- The decline attachment (the non-compulsory foot rollers) installs and uninstalls with ease. The attachment is adjustable for shin size and it capabilities precisely because it ought to. This is likely one of the solely incline benches that does make for a pleasant decline bench. No you possibly can’t actually use all 7 positions for decline, however you’ll have a multi-position decline bench.
- Talking of decline, the truth that the decline attachment is a separate buy was a superb transfer by Rep. Not everybody cares about or needs destructive positions so having to pay for that ought to certainly be non-compulsory.
- The AB-5000 can stand straight up on its finish for storage functions with no need to lean towards a wall for stability.
- The sliding Zero Hole seat is good. Lastly a full incline-decline bench can be utilized as a flat utility bench. The seat must be adjusted if you go between flat and incline, nevertheless it takes however a pair seconds and utterly eliminates the necessity for a second, flat bench in your storage. And even with this additional performance…
- The value is simply silly. It’s inconceivable to get this heavy-duty of a bench for this sort of cash anyplace else. Even these benches which can be shut in value don’t have practically as many positions or additional options. $499 is a steal.
- Moreover, the AB-5000 doesn’t must be shipped freight like the opposite business benches. It is because the ft should not welded to the body, slightly we have now to connect them ourselves (roughly a 10-minute job.) Absolutely assembled benches of this weight must ship freight, however a bench damaged down into 3 smaller items doesn’t. We save $100 or extra this fashion.
Cons
- The AB-5000 is a heavy bench that requires an honest quantity of effort to carry, transfer, and re-position. It has the wheels and a deal with, after all, however it’s positively heavier than the typical adjustable bench and far, a lot heavier than your customary utility bench. Raise together with your legs!
- The vinyl, whereas textured and of a really prime quality, just isn’t grippy vinyl. I’d have appreciated to have seen that materials used on this bench. That is simply private choice although.
- The ultimate again pad place of 90º ought to most likely have been 85º, as 90º places the torso in a form of forward-leaning place. That being stated, the 75º truly feels nearer to 80º, that means it’s nonetheless a stable setting for shoulder/navy presses.
- It’s essential to regulate the seat (each the angle and the slider) each time you turn between incline and flat. It sounds extra annoying than it truly is, plus it’s simply the value you pay for no hole in any place.
The Rep AB-5000 vs the Common Industrial Incline Bench
Within the picture instantly above and the picture instantly beneath this paragraph you’ll see the REP AB-5000 subsequent to the Legend #3103 Adjustable Incline Bench. The #3103 is a reasonably typical business adjustable bench by way of its measurement, high quality, adjustment methodology, and so forth. It’s a high-quality, nearly fully welded, heavy-duty bench with three seat settings & seven again pad settings, sturdy pads, and a hefty price ticket of about $800 delivered.
The Legend (and others prefer it) are nice benches; very dependable and very sturdy. Hell mine is about six years previous. If I took a duster and a moist rag to the complete bench it will look model new nonetheless. Not a single tear, rip or gap within the pads both. I’ve zero complaints concerning the sturdiness and reliability of my Legend.
That stated, the Legend #3103 was (and nonetheless is) horrendously costly by at this time’s requirements and the identical goes for different business manufacturers like Precor, Hammer Power, and Cybex. Paying $800 to $1200 for an adjustable bench was the one method to get a high-quality adjustable bench, however even for the reason that launch of benches just like the Adjustable Bench 2.0 and naturally the Rep AB-5000, it’s simply insanity to think about the business manufacturers; particularly for a storage or house health club.
The irony about business benches versus the Rep AB-5000 is that the Rep is the higher bench. It’s simply as sturdy whereas providing extra seat and again pad changes, wider pads, a extra secure stance, a decline function, and naturally the value is decrease. Simply take a look at the 2 photos. How tiny does that $800 Legend look subsequent to the $500 Rep?
Rep Health AB-5000 Assessment Abstract
It is a commercial-grade adjustable bench at what I can solely name an financial system value. Now I understand that $499 just isn’t a small sum of money, however when you think about what all the opposite business adjustable benches promote for I’m certain you possibly can see what I imply.
Whether or not you store Sorinex, Legend Health, Rogue Health, Precor, Elite FTS, or every other business seller, you will pay tons of extra delivered for one thing comparable (and in lots of instances these benches are not even comparable by way of options and adjustability.)
Like with the FB-5000, Rep Health knocked this one out of the park. You may not do higher than the AB-5000 for the cash if you need a powerful, secure, purposeful, versatile, and even fashionable adjustable bench. I simply can not see the place something was ignored.
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